Reflective Journal
At least weekly, you should be responding to your internship experience. Good teachers are reflective teachers. They process what went well and what didn't on a daily basis. For this class, your journal can be online or in a notebook, depending on how you would like to proceed. Remember, if you are putting information online, you will need to exercise more restraint in what you share.
Some ideas of what you might reflect on:
1. What went well, what didn't...
2. What can I take from my lead teacher?
3. What special education questions arise?
4. Are there any new strategies or teaching practices I could take?
5. How is assessment being used?
6. How are the classrooms working with different levels?
7. How am I feeling?
8. What am I doing to juggle all the different things I have to do? What does my lead teacher do?
9. What made me laugh this week?
10. What made me frustrated this week?
11. What about the classroom environment?
Date your journal each week. Journals don't have to be pages and pages to be effective, so write what you need to say. Feel free to add pictures, collages, quotes, thoughts, etc. Take time each week to process your experience. This will help your long term memory to hang on to the pearls you are receiving everyday.
Some ideas of what you might reflect on:
1. What went well, what didn't...
2. What can I take from my lead teacher?
3. What special education questions arise?
4. Are there any new strategies or teaching practices I could take?
5. How is assessment being used?
6. How are the classrooms working with different levels?
7. How am I feeling?
8. What am I doing to juggle all the different things I have to do? What does my lead teacher do?
9. What made me laugh this week?
10. What made me frustrated this week?
11. What about the classroom environment?
Date your journal each week. Journals don't have to be pages and pages to be effective, so write what you need to say. Feel free to add pictures, collages, quotes, thoughts, etc. Take time each week to process your experience. This will help your long term memory to hang on to the pearls you are receiving everyday.